my $repl = "--$1"; === my $repl = '--'.$1; my $repl = shift; === my $repl = '--$1'; my $repl = eval shift; === my $repl = --$1; === Modification of a read-only value my $repl = eval qq{"$temp"}; === my $repl = "--$1"; === my $repl = '--'.$1; #### s/.../eval qq{"$temp"}/e